Missing Women Inquiry report handed to B.C. government

The 1,400-page report and its recommendations will be made public in mid December

The B.C. government has been handed the final report of missing women commissioner Wally Oppal, who examined the failed police investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton.

Photograph by: Glenn Baglo
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VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government has been handed the final report of missing women commissioner Wally Oppal, who examined the failed police investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton.

The government says the 1,400-page report and its recommendations will be made public in mid December.

Oppal studied why it took so long for the Vancouver police and RCMP to identify Pickton as a serial killer despite warnings he was preying on a sex workers on Vancouver's downtown east side.

Earlier this week, three B.C. advocacy groups declared the inquiry a failure, saying it didn't do enough to include the voices of marginalized women, but Oppal asked them to read his report with an open mind, saying it makes strong recommendations to better protect the most vulnerable citizens in society.

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